Turnips snowball in containers

[Containergardener]

As I have not grown turnips before , what depth do they need?
Is there anything I need to think about when growing them on?

[robbra]

Hi,
I'm trying this for the first time so here's my take on it.
I've seen Charles Dowding on youtube sowing several beetroot seeds together in an module then planting it out when sprouting. I'm doing this in a raised bed.
Most recommend a straight drill with space between the seeds, difficult in a pot unless it is very big but I thought it may be a way of doing the same with turnips and mine are sprouting and will be repotting in large pots in a few days time.
It may or may not work and to me is the fun in experimenting in the garden. I'll also do some in the raised bed.
I'll see how it pans out.
Rob

[Containergardener]

I have done mine in modules too , I split some up and repotted ready for big tub . Some I'm going to leave together,
think I will go with depth I've put beets in before.
Good luck

[robbra]

We could be onto something here

[Penellype]

Turnips, beets, round carrots and other round vegetables can be sown in small clumps (3-4 plants) to save space. The round roots will push each other apart as they grow, although occasionally they get tangled round each other (which is what happens with things that make straight roots, like parsnips). What I do is sow a few seeds in toilet roll innards to get them started, then plant the whole thing out, thinning if necessary to 3 plants in each. Most roots don't much like being disturbed, so this method is useful.

I have grown turnips in containers - they do ok as long as you water well and you will probably need to cover them with mesh to keep out cabbage root fly.

[Containergardener]

Thanks Pen . Will try that and add the mesh .

[bramble]

I am also growing Snowbsll turnips.
I have planted 10 out in the open ground and have 6 in pots.lfirst time growing.
they seem to be doing well.
about six weeks old at this stage.

[Bonjour]

I'm growing Snowball turnips by the multi-sow method too. sown in modules, about 4 to a cell and planted out. They are getting severely attacked by flea beetles since planting out, which I think is slowing them down.

[Containergardener]

Wondering if I have flea beetle.

[muckdiva]

I grew some as a late crop a few years ago, direct in the ground and we happened to have a lot of rain afterwards. They did amazingly well with very little attention. Quite a bit of the bulb showed above the ground so I wouldn’t imagine they’d need all that deep a bed, but plenty of water might be a good idea. They werent troubled by flea beetle as they were sown after midsummer.

[Bonjour]

Wondering if I have flea beetle.

Lots of small holes in the leaves? You might also see the little buggers jump away from the plant when you disturb them.

[Containergardener]

It's the holes that made me think . Started on them , now on some salad leaves . All in gh at the moment

I shall go hunting tomorrow.

[ameno]

It's the holes that made me think . Started on them , now on some salad leaves . All in gh at the moment

I shall go hunting tomorrow.

If you do have them, then unless you are willing to spray then it's too late to do anything about it. They are too small, too numerous, and too fast to kill by hand in any worthwhile numbers, and trying to cover them at this point would only contain them inside the mesh.

[Containergardener]

They arnt in any mesh . Just plugs/seedlings or turnip at the moment .

[muckdiva]

Hopefully some hover flies will come and eat the little blighters. They manage to get my kohl Rabi every year.